The Passion Of Big Chicken, Continued

"It's fifty-fifty, it leaves you with no possible way of knowing did she discuss it with him or didn't she discuss it with him," said Giuliani, in an interview with Geraldo Rivera on 77 WABC. "I like Chris very much and he's being unfairly treated, and he's a good friend," added Giuliani, who has been one of Christie's most visible defenders since the advent of "Bridgegate."

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I know, I know. The whole statement can be read as Giuliani's saying, "Hey, who can really tell what happened, and we'll never know, so let's all raise money in Dubuque." But he also has to know that, in light of his previous stalwart defense of Chris Christie, Honorable Man, that "fifty-fifty" is a nifty little shiv under the ribs. For a few weeks now, I've argued that the damage done to Christie's national ambitions has not been as severe as it has been made out to be. I argued this on two basic grounds -- 1) that it is 2014, and only the beginning of 2014, and can't we all just give it a fking rest?, and 2) Holy Christ, have you looked at the other guys. I am revising and extended those remarks now because a) it looks like the scandals of 2014 might well continue to unravel until Inauguration Day, 2017, and b) all of a sudden, Big Chicken's polling numbers seem to have found a sinkhole. I believe Rudy (!) may be sensing much the same thing, which adds a third element to the equation. Row, Rudy, row.